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published Thursday, April 12, 2012

Here’s what’s going on around Athens today, April 13:

EVENTS

Public Comment Hearing: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m., Georgia Department of Labor Athens Career Center, 150 Evelyn C. Neely Dr.; public comments are sought regarding the VR state plan and the delivery of vocational rehabilitation services; the hearings will give citizens the opportunity to provide input on goals and priorities for the VR program and service needs for individuals with disabilities to achieve employment; other items to be addressed include the order of selection regarding how VR defines priority for services, and HB 1146, which proposes to create Rehabilitation Services as a stand-alone agency attached to the Department of Human Services; the bill may be reviewed online at www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20112012/HB/1146.

OLLI’s First Arts and Crafts Fair and Plant Exchange: 1-4 p.m., Central Presbyterian Church, 380 Alps Road; see works of art in all forms made by OLLI members; guests are invited to bring plants from their gardens or purchased plants—non-invasive perennials, shrubs and/or trees—and exchange them for an equal number of plants they wish to try; seeds also will be accepted; refreshments provided by Talmage Terrace; open to the public; www.olli.uga.edu.

PROGRAMS AND CLASSES

Speech and Hearing Screenings: 9 a.m.-noon, Speech and Hearing Clinic, 593 Aderhold Hall, UGA; free speech and hearing screenings for adults and children ages 3 years old and older; call for an appointment; (706) 542-4598.

Mom’s Time Out: 7:30-9:30 p.m., Full Bloom Center, 220 N. Milledge Ave.; get together with other moms and have some “me” time without the little ones; bring a snack and a beverage to share; (706) 353-3373 or www.fullbloomparent.com.

“Evolve” presented by Canopy Studio: 8 tonight and Saturday, at 4 p.m. Saturday and at 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Canopy Studio, 160 Tracy St.; Canopy Studio is marking 10 years with a celebratory performance featuring its friends from Leap Trapeze, Floorspace and Canopy’s founder, Susan Murphy; the company will perform on newly invented apparatus’, flying cubes, mini tramp, double vertical pole and even roller skates, in addition to trapeze, lyra, and fabrics; the show will touch on Canopy’s history and celebrate what is to come; $15; $10 for students and seniors; $8 for children; (706) 549-8051 or www.canopystudio.com.